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THE STAR-PIT, 1967

The 1967 radio production in four MP3 files:

WARNING: The source tape (and this digitization) suffers from variable levels and occasional noise and clipping.

Read: Notes on The Star-Pit by Samuel R. Delany


Produced by Baird Searles
Production Assistant Neal Conan
Directed by Daniel Landau
Music and Sound Effects by Susan Schweers
Technical Direction by David Rabkin and Ed Woodward

The Star-Pit was first broadcast by
The Mind’s Eye Theater
over WBAI-FM,
in New York City,
November 1967


Announcer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Baird Searles

Vyme (narrator) . . . . . . . . . . . . Samuel R. Delany

Vyme’s Wife,
Golden Girl,
Allegra . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Randa Haynes

Ratlet,
Golden Boy,
Androcles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Walter Harris

Vyme’s Husband,
Pilot,
Sandy,
Golden Man,
Sailor in Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jerry Matts

Antonni,
Assorted Children . . . . . . . . . . . Joan Tanner

Vyme’s Mother,
Joseph,
Sailor in Bar,
Poloscki,
Lady from Carlson’s Lab . . . . . . Phoebe Wray

These sound recordings are being made available for noncommercial and educational use only. All rights to this recorded material belong to the author. © 1967 Samuel R. Delany. Used with permission of Samuel R. Delany. Distributed by PennSound. Files courtesy Pseudopodium, with thanks to Ray Davis.